Guide for Authors
Aims and Scope
Fluid Phase Equilibria publishes high-quality papers dealing with experimental, theoretical, and applied research related to equilibrium and transport properties of fluids, solids, and interfaces. Subjects of interest include physical/phase and chemical equilibria; equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermophysical properties; fundamental thermodynamic relations; and stability. The systems central to the journal include pure substances and mixtures of organic and inorganic materials, including polymers, biochemicals, and surfactants with sufficient characterization of composition and purity for the results to be reproduced. In all cases, enough detail must be given to permit independent verification, and authors are also expected to provide physical or chemical interpretations of the results.
Experimental research can include measurements under all conditions of temperature, pressure, and composition, including critical and supercritical. Measurements are to be associated with systems and conditions of fundamental or applied interest, and may not be only a collection of routine data, such as physical property or solubility measurements at limited pressures and temperatures close to ambient, or surfactant studies focussed strictly on micellisation or micelle structure. Papers reporting common data must be accompanied by contemporary or new theory or techniques. All data reports and analyses will be examined by NIST for consistency with the requirements posted at http://trc.nist.gov/FPE-Support.html
Theoretical studies can include equations of state; correlations or predictive models; molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations; statistical thermodynamics; quantum chemistry; and applied mathematical and computational approaches. Research reporting new theories and models is expected to show adequate comparisons of predictive ability and accuracy with both applicable data and contemporary existing models. Contributions on artificial neural networks and similar approaches will only be considered when full details of the methodology are provided and comparisons of accuracy are made with existing physically-based models, or if no thermodynamic models are available.
The journal publishes full research papers and also short communications to describe emerging ideas for which rapid publication is essential. Critical reviews are encouraged and should be prepared in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief. The journal will not publish articles that have appeared partially, or completely, in other journals, that plagiarize other works, or that are incompletely referenced; verification will be made using the software at http://www.ithenticate.com/products/crosscheck. The text must be in English and should be clear, in a well-structured style, and be free of grammatical and spelling errors.
Editorial
New procedures for articles reporting thermophysical properties
Fluid Phase Equilibria, along with other journals in the field, established collaboration with the Thermodynamics Research Center (TRC) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2009 for the purpose of ensuring the quality of published experimental data. In a joint statement [1], the editors of the five journals involved set out the rational for the cooperation in terms of helping to ensure that authors and reviewers were made aware of any previously-published literature values for the properties and systems in question. The process involved NIST 'capturing' the new experimental data, comparing it against existing values in the NIST data archive and providing a report that: (a) listed relevant literature sources; and (b) highlighted any obvious discrepancies in the new data.
In order to streamline the process and to further enhance the quality of published articles, we are now introducing one change to the way in which the NIST cooperation is implemented. Effective in February 2013, responsibility for preparing a Literature Report will shift from NIST to the submitting authors. Submitting authors will be able to prepare their own Literature Report by using ThermoLit, a publicly available (http://trc.nist.gov/thermolit/) program. This will eliminate NIST's role in providing this report, and thus speed the review process and provide added benefit to authors who will have literature citation results on hand at a stage when they can do the most good. Please, note that use of ThermoLit is designed as an aid to the traditional required literature review and must not be used as a substitute.
NIST will continue to provide a data evaluation at the end of the review process, immediately prior to final acceptance of the article. This data evaluation will compare the reported experimental data with that existing in the NIST Data Archive and highlight any unexpectedly large discrepancies, such as those arising from typographical errors. Though the data evaluation step has not changed, we will use this opportunity for a reminder that experimental results and their uncertainties must be tabulated in the way described in the Guide for Authors. A key feature is that tables be self-contained and include the uncertainties of all reported quantities (variables, constraints, and properties). In addition, we have incorporated new standards relating to the description of chemical samples and we encourage authors to present details of their samples in an easily-readable tabular form. To assist authors, a large number of example tables have been prepared by NIST and are available (http://trc.nist.gov/FPE-Support.html).
The new procedures will provide literature citations to authors before submission of their manuscript and speed the review process. Indeed, authors are encouraged to use ThermoLit in advance of experiments to help minimize duplication of effort. In 2012, new IUPAC guidelines for the reporting of phase equilibrium measurements were published (Pure Appl. Chem. 2012, 84(8), 1785-1813), and the requirements of this journal are consistent with these recommendations. Prior to submission, authors are strongly encouraged to review a checklist based on these recommendations, which is available (http://trc.nist.gov/FPE-Support.html). We are certain that the new Literature Report tool and the procedures described here will further enhance the already high quality of articles published in Fluid Phase Equilibria.
References
1. P.T. Cummings, Th.W. de Loos, J.P. O'Connell, Fluid Phase Equilibria 276 (2009) 1165-1166.
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